how to get distinct values from json in jquery

Question

I\'ve got a jquery json request and in that json data I want to be able to sort by unique values. so I have

{
  \"people\": [{
        \"pbid\": \"626\",
           


        

Answer 1

function(data){
    var arr = new Array();
    $.each(data.people, function(i, person){
        if (jQuery.inArray(person.birthDate, arr) === -1) {
            alert(person.birthDate);
            arr.push(person.birthDate);
        }
    });
}